new design!

I gues .. it's so western ....

lol, awesome

Are you a chick?

Eric and I have been talking to Xianti about it for a while, he's in charge of designs so we'll see what he thinks.

I like it. It's easy on the eyes.

I would be easy to make it look cooler at a glance, it would be hard to actually make it better.

Originally Posted by swiggidy

I would be easy to make it look cooler at a glance, it would be hard to actually make it better.

I kinda feel what swiggidy feels. Something "cooler" and more hip would be cool at first... as a novelty, but it may look dated and annoying after some time... which would mean another re-design when flavor trends change. I personally think the current look has a timeless feel to it, as it harkens back to the origins of poker.

But who knows... ?

Xianti makes good points. We'll stick w/ this classic style for a while... anyway, we went through a redesign a few years ago, and if you saw the site before, NO ONE would be complaining about our layout and design today!!!

very nice style

coming soon...

o rly?

where is the new design? am I missing something?

Pffft.. metallic blue never goes out of style :P

We have some changes coming! We've all been working on it everyday... you'll be inclined to not just jump into the forums - you'll WANT to check out the homepage to see what's going on at FTR!

New design looks pretty cool/organized.

Thanks, Jinx!

anyway on the front page (i love the fact that you can see who wrote the last post in each thread btw) you could also be able to jump pg. alongside multipage threads or is that just really tough?

Note: I know very little about web design.

[quote="bigspenda73"]anyway on the front page (i love the fact that you can see who wrote the last post in each thread btw) you could also be able to jump pg. alongside multipage threads or is that just really tough?/quote]
Programmatically, it'd be a challenge, but the main issue is that there's very little real estate on the homepage.

Hmm... we might be able to have the link go to the last page / last post of the topic, rather than the first page/post.

Lessee...

I'm on the fence about the blue...not sure it goes with the tans and browns. I definitely like the less cluttered view of the links on the right, and the front page is an improvement too.

Originally Posted by JeffreyGB

I'm on the fence about the blue...not sure it goes with the tans and browns. I definitely like the less cluttered view of the links on the right, and the front page is an improvement too.

Decided to go with non-underlined text for links now. The bright blue color was chosen for all navigation and link texts, specfically to stand out from all the other colors on the page, so you can see where the links are, without the need for underlined text.

The old link colors kind of faded in to the page design, so we had some issues with people not knowing certain things were links.

Originally Posted by JeffreyGB

I'm on the fence about the blue...not sure it goes with the tans and browns.

more specifically, the type reversed out of the blue headers against the dark background is a bit jarring. the blue type on the light tan background I don't mind as much. yeah, I think the colours can be fine tuned.

Originally Posted by Warpe

Originally Posted by JeffreyGB

I'm on the fence about the blue...not sure it goes with the tans and browns.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
this blue is fine

Originally Posted by Warpe

^^^^^^^^^^^^
this blue is fine

Can't distinguish it from black on some monitors. And in body text, you'd never notice it among the black text.

TEST test
TEST test


I'm on a small screen laptop and I can tell the difference.

Wouldn't a red do the same things that you're wanting the blue to do while still matching with the tans to some extent?

This blue may not be appealing to the designers out there, but it's a compromise between good design and usability/conversions. For a commercial site, some design sensibilities must take a backseat to clarity and conversions.

Originally Posted by JeffreyGB

Wouldn't a red do the same things that you're wanting the blue to do while still matching with the tans to some extent?

We're already using red to highlight text all over our site. And shades of red are too similar to the burnt sienna color of the top nav.

Originally Posted by Warpe

TEST test
TEST test

I'm on a small screen laptop and I can tell the difference.

Lowest common denominator...

I changed the heading boxes in the left nav to a matching dark brown while keeping the nav text blue. I'd still like to keep the text as blue. I think this looks better. What do you think?

Also, I may change around the forum colors in the next few days. This dark blue looks strange with the new graphics in place. It might just be that we're not adjusted to this new look yet, though.

Much better.

just wanted to say i poked around a bit, and think you guys have done a great job with the re-vamp.

sweet look, and a lot of easy to find things on front/home page.

...and i'm usually pretty critical.

There's a little icon on the homepage in the Photo Gallery box - anyone know what that is? LOL!!!

naked pics of lukie and gabe.

Originally Posted by Xianti

Also, I may change around the forum colors in the next few days. This dark blue looks strange with the new graphics in place. It might just be that we're not adjusted to this new look yet, though.

I think the forum colors should be tweaked a bit, I agree that the dark blue doesn't really look right.

At first I hated the blue but now I'm fine with it. It's just something you need to get used to

you really need to get rid of the snow and "chardrain says happy 2008" at the top.
Also, on the home page, next to Latest Forum Topics, you've got two little speech bubbles sayin LOL BOC - just bothers me so much and i dont know why

blue looks fine everyone except the top. Those six boxes are fugly.

Theyre also almost entirely useless to FTR'rs.

Originally Posted by Taxi

you really need to get rid of the snow and "chardrain says happy 2008" at the top.
Also, on the home page, next to Latest Forum Topics, you've got two little speech bubbles sayin LOL BOC - just bothers me so much and i dont know why

because you're not a reg i guess? i love 'em

Originally Posted by euphoricism

blue looks fine everyone except the top. Those six boxes are fugly.
Theyre also almost entirely useless to FTR'rs.

They're primarily for new visitors.

Originally Posted by Taxi

you really need to get rid of the snow and "chardrain says happy 2008" at the top.

It's a temporary, seasonal thing.

Originally Posted by Xianti

Originally Posted by Taxi

you really need to get rid of the snow and "chardrain says happy 2008" at the top.

It's a temporary, seasonal thing.

Um, its Jan 26th, there isn't any season like that now.

Originally Posted by givememyleg

Originally Posted by Taxi

you really need to get rid of the snow and "chardrain says happy 2008" at the top.
Also, on the home page, next to Latest Forum Topics, you've got two little speech bubbles sayin LOL BOC - just bothers me so much and i dont know why

because you're not a reg i guess? i love 'em

Obv i'm not a reg cus I've only got ~~100 posts!
They are so naff!

GMML you might love them, cus ur part of this site, and u understand exactly what they are supposed to mean, but i dont think it does anything for attracting ppl / newbies to this forum / website

Thats all I'm trying to say

Originally Posted by Taxi

Originally Posted by Xianti

Originally Posted by Taxi

you really need to get rid of the snow and "chardrain says happy 2008" at the top.

It's a temporary, seasonal thing.

Um, its Jan 26th, there isn't any season like that now.

winter?

so post more and meet everyone and become boc yo

Originally Posted by euphoricism

Those six boxes are fugly.

poker chips or something would look good

Originally Posted by Xianti

Hmm... we might be able to have the link go to the last page / last post of the topic, rather than the first page/post.

Lessee...

Yes please!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by euphoricism

blue looks fine everyone except the top. Those six boxes are fugly.
Theyre also almost entirely useless to FTR'rs.

I go straight to the home page when I want to go to FTR, and so I use those links almost every day to go to the forum and to the blogs.

Originally Posted by courtiebee

Originally Posted by euphoricism

blue looks fine everyone except the top. Those six boxes are fugly.
Theyre also almost entirely useless to FTR'rs.

I go straight to the home page when I want to go to FTR, and so I use those links almost every day to go to the forum and to the blogs.

meeee toooo.